I was in Ellis park in 1995, what a privilege. A renewed nation, a new dispensation AND screwing the All Blacks 
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OTOH, I remember winding up disconsolate SA colleagues after the Lions beat the Boks at Newlands (and went on to win the '97 Tour) by saying that I hadn’t noticed because I didn’t know much about rugby as in England it was a minority sport just played by a handful of people.
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Yes, rather elitist in England (ignoring Rugby league) not so in Wales, not sure about Scotland and a good collective approach in NI. In Ireland it varies by province, elitist in Leinster, egalitarian in Munster, and a mystery in Connaught
I was working in Llanelli in 1972 when the Scarlets beat the All Blacks at Strady Park. I didn’t see the game or even follow Rugby Union but the atmosphere in the the town that night was electric. They even drank the pubs dry.
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The night after the World Cup win in Jo’burg was too. There was already a national air of optimism and this just topped it off.
curious about the category for this post - “Property & Home”
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Moved to sports.
Good idea.
Added the topic using an iPad. This site doesn’t really work using Safari on an iPad and editing and selecting stuff can be a nightmare. I probably went for general and ended up in Property & Home.
So sad that the exciting optimism of those years has since been dissipated by corruption and incompetence.
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Too true. A tragedy.
Not where I da come from!
It might be a minority sport in England ..yet there are more registered players there than in ANY OTHER country